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Epicenter of 2018 Kodiak earthquake

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Illustration of the ocean south of Alaska with symbols to show locations of earthquakes and volcanoes.
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Detailed Description

Boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. Yellow star locates the 2018 Kodiak earthquake. Red triangles are volcanoes; black dots and circles are epicenters of previous earthquakes. Modified from “This Dynamic Planet” (USGS Geologic Investigations Map I-2800), which contains a detailed key.

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Public Domain.

USGS Geologic Investigations Map I-2800

Interactive “This Dynamic Planet Map”
The interactive ArcGIS version of this map has been discontinued as of 1 July 2019.